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Tag: French Revolution

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1958: Lazare & Sadi Carnot

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 27, 2020 · Episode: 1958 Lazare Carnot, Sadi Carnot, and learning about energy. Today, meet Lazare and Sadi Carnot.

Tags French Revolution Lazare Carnot Leibniz newton Sadi Carnot second law of thermodynamics steam engines steam power waterwheels

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1878: Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 22, 2020 · Episode: 1878 Fourier, Egypt, and modern applied mathematics. Today, Joseph Fourier.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1732: E. M. Forster & Thermodynamics

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 19, 2019 · Episode: 1732 E. M. Forster thinks about Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and Thermodynamics. Today, E. M Forster, Voltaire, and thermodynamics.

Tags caloric Emile de Bretieul Enlightment French Revolution literature Marquise of Chatelet mechanical theory of heat phlogiston physics thermodynamics Voltaire

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3168: Condorcet

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on March 29, 2018 · Episode: 3168 Insights of the Enlightened Marquis de Condorcet. Today, science frees the mind.

Tags Condorcet enlightenment france French Revolution knowledge mind

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3147: Reason, Religion and Revolution

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on November 2, 2017 · Episode: 3147 The Three R’s: Reason, Religion and Revolution. Today, the three r’s: reason, religion and revolution.

Tags Catholicism Civil Constitution of the Clergy Declaration of Independence enlightenment French Revolution Martin Luther Protestantism religion United States Revolution

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1402: Franklin and de Chaumont

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 27, 2017 · Episode: 1402 Ben Franklin and Le Ray de Chaumont’s house in Paris. Today, Ben Franklin, revolution, and a house in Paris.

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